2022 Crawley Borough Council election

The 2022 Crawley Borough Council took place on 5 May 2022 to elect members of Crawley Borough Council. This is on the same day as other local elections. 12 of the 36 seats were up for election. ^[1]

Background

In its first election in 1973, Crawley was won by Labour. Their control of the council continued until 2006, when the Conservatives took control. ^[2] Labour regained the council in 2014, and this continued until the 2021 election, when the Conservatives became the largest party, although Labour continued to govern in coalition with an independent. ^[3] In that election, the Conservatives gained 1 seat with 48.6% of the vote, Labour lost one seat with 39.5%, and independents made no gains or losses with 0.9%.

The seats up for election in 2022 were last elected in 2019 due to boundary changes. In that election, Labour won 19 seats with 42.6%, and Conservatives won 17 with 42.6%. ^[4]

Previous council composition

After 2021 election			Before 2022 election [5]
Party		Seats	Party		Seats
	Conservative	18		Conservative	18
	Labour	17		Labour	16
	Independent	1		Independent	1

Results

2022 Crawley Borough Council election
Party		This election			Full council			This election
		Seats	Net	Seats %	Other	Total	Total %	Votes	Votes %	+/−
	Labour	7	2	53.8	11	18	50.0	10,820	44.7	+5.2
	Conservative	5	1	38.5	12	17	47.2	10,131	41.9	–6.7
	Green	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,913	7.9	+1.2
	Liberal Democrats	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	1,007	4.2	+0.1
	Independent	0	1	0.0	0	0	0.0	150	0.5	–0.4
	Heritage	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	112	0.5	N/A
	Reform UK	0		0.0	0	0	0.0	91	0.4	+0.2

Council composition after election

After 2022 election
Party		Seats
	Labour	18
	Conservative	17

Results by ward

An asterisk indicates an incumbent councillor.

Bewbush and North Broadfield

Bewbush and North Broadfield ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Sharmila Sivarajah	893	50.1	+1.8
	Conservative	Jonathan Purdy	534	30.0	-4.4
	Green	Holly Smith	224	12.6	-0.5
	Independent	Robin Burnham	124	7.0	N/A
	Independent	Tan Bui	6	0.3	N/A
Majority			359	20.2
Turnout			1781
	Labour gain from Independent		Swing

This seat was won from an independent who had defected from Labour since his last election.

Broadfield

Broadfield ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tim Lunnon*	970	51.8	+2.1
	Conservative	Valerie Knight	618	33.0	-10.7
	Liberal Democrats	Parveen Khan	172	9.2	+2.6
	Heritage	Carolina Morra	112	6.0	N/A
Majority			352	18.8
Turnout			1872	26
	Labour hold		Swing

Furnace Green

Furnace Green ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hazel Hellier	870	49.7	-1.3
	Labour	Jason Vine	676	38.6	-3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Angharad Old	115	6.6	-1.7
	Reform UK	Allan Griffiths	91	5.2	N/A
Majority			194	11.1
Turnout			1752
	Conservative hold		Swing

Ifield

Ifield ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jilly Hart	1,244	51.0	+13.0
	Conservative	Martin Stone	939	38.5	-7.0
	Green	Ines Manning	165	6.8	-5.1
	Liberal Democrats	Lawrence Mallinson	90	3.7	-0.9
Majority			305	12.5
Turnout			2,452	34.1
	Labour hold		Swing	10.0

Langley Green and Tushmore

Langley Green and Tushmore ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tahira Rana	798	51.0	+2.7
	Conservative	Tahir Ashraf	470	30.0	-9.7
	Liberal Democrats	Mike Sargent	180	11.5	-0.5
	Green	Iain Dickson	117	7.5	N/A
Majority			328	21.0
Turnout			1,584	26.1
	Labour hold		Swing	6.2

Maidenbower

Maidenbower ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Jennifer Millar-Smith*	1,080	48.0	-14.8
	Green	Max Perry	629	28.0	+13.8
	Labour	Peter Smith	540	24.0	+1.0
Majority			451	20.0
Turnout			2,258	33.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	14.3

Northgate and West Green

Northgate and West Green ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gurinder Jhans*	1,021	48.1	+5.3
	Conservative	Tony Johnson	747	35.2	-2.5
	Green	John Atherton	219	10.3	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	David Anderson	134	6.3	-2.0
Majority			274	12.9
Turnout			2,135	28.1
	Labour hold		Swing	3.9

Pound Hill North and Forge Wood

Pound Hill North and Forge Wood ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Tina Belben*	1,071	53.7	-12.7
	Labour	Justin Russell	923	46.3	+12.7
Majority			148	7.4
Turnout			2,020	29.4
	Conservative hold		Swing	12.7

Pound Hill South and Worth

Pound Hill South and Worth ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Bob Lanzer*	1,214	54.6	-3.8
	Labour	Matthew Gaffar	748	33.6	+6.0
	Green	Cyril Gambrell	262	11.8	+1.0
Majority			466	21.0
Turnout			2,239	36.2
	Conservative hold		Swing	4.9

Southgate

Southgate ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Yasmin Khan	1,094	46.6	+4.0
	Conservative	Jan Tarrant	927	39.4	-5.9
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Eastman	185	7.9	+2.4
	Green	Robin Fitton	144	6.1	-0.5
Majority			167	7.1
Turnout			2350
	Labour hold		Swing

Three Bridges

Three Bridges ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Stephen Pritchard	1,161	50.2	+6.0
	Conservative	Craig Burke	866	37.5	-5.6
	Green	Danielle Kail	153	6.6	-1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Taylor-Burr	131	5.7	+1.3
Majority			295	12.8
Turnout			2311
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing

Tilgate

Tilgate ^[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Maureen Mwagale*	795	51.4	+4.2
	Labour	Khayla Abu Mosa	752	48.6	+13.8
Majority			43	2.8
Turnout			1547
	Conservative hold		Swing

References

1. "Election timetable in England". GOV.UK. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
2. "Crawley Borough Council Election Results 1973-2012" (PDF). Elections Centre. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
3. Koehler, Ingrid. "Who runs the councils in No Overall Control?". Local Government Information Unit. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
4. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2019 - Crawley". www.andrewteale.me.uk. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
5. "Your Councillors by Party". crawley.gov. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
6. "STATEMENT OF PERSONS NOMINATED AND NOTICE OF POLL" (PDF). Crawley Borough Council. Retrieved 30 April 2022.